Skanda Purana — Prabhasa Khanda, Shloka 23
Devanagari script
हरिक्षेत्रमिति प्रोक्तं पूर्वं स्वायंभुवेऽन्तरे
Transliteration
harikṣetramiti proktaṃ pūrvaṃ svāyaṃbhuve'ntare
Translation
മുമ്പ് സ്വായംഭുവ മന്വന്തരത്തിൽ ഇതിനെ ‘ഹരിക്ഷേത്രം’ എന്നു പ്രഖ്യാപിച്ചിരുന്നു.
Word by Word
हरिक्षेत्रम्Hari’s sacred field (Harikṣetra)
हरिक्षेत्रम्:
Karma (Object/कर्म)
TypeNoun
Rootहरि + क्षेत्र (प्रातिपदिक)
Formषष्ठी-तत्पुरुष समास (हरेः क्षेत्रम्); नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (Nom./Acc. singular)
इतिthus
इति:
Sambandha (Relation/सम्बन्ध)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootइति (अव्यय)
Formअव्यय, उद्धरणसूचक (quotative)
प्रोक्तम्was declared/called
प्रोक्तम्:
Kriya (Predicate/क्रिया)
TypeAdjective
Rootप्र + वच् (धातु) + त (कृत् प्रत्यय)
Formभूतकर्मणि कृदन्त (क्त/त), नपुंसकलिङ्ग, प्रथमा/द्वितीया विभक्ति, एकवचन (PPP; ‘was said/called’)
पूर्वम्formerly/earlier
पूर्वम्:
Kala (Time/काल)
TypeIndeclinable
Rootपूर्व (प्रातिपदिक/अव्ययीभावप्रयोग)
Formअव्यय, कालवाचक क्रियाविशेषण (adverb of time)
स्वायंभुवेin (the period of) Svāyambhuva
स्वायंभुवे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootस्वायंभुव (प्रातिपदिक)
Formपुंलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular)
अन्तरेduring/within (the interval)
अन्तरे:
Adhikarana (Location/अधिकरण)
TypeNoun
Rootअन्तर (प्रातिपदिक)
Formनपुंसकलिङ्ग, सप्तमी विभक्ति, एकवचन (Locative singular; ‘within/during’)
Speaker
Viṣṇu (contextual continuity from prior verses)
Tirtha Mahatmya
Tirtha: Hari-kṣetra (earlier designation of Prabhāsa)
Type: kshetra
Visual Art Cues
Scene: A timeless tableau: sages of the Svāyambhuva age proclaim ‘Hari-kṣetra’ with ritual fire and Vedic gestures, while the same coastline/landmark subtly echoes the present Prabhāsa, linking epochs.
Characters & Entities
H
Hari (Viṣṇu)H
Hari-kṣetraS
Svāyambhuva ManvantaraFAQs
A tīrtha’s sanctity is timeless, extending across manvantaras and upheld by scriptural proclamation.
Hari-kṣetra, identified within the Prabhāsa sacred landscape.
None; the verse provides historical-sacred identification of the kṣetra.